- Status Assigned
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Feature Request
- Category QCAD (main)
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Assigned To
Andrew - Operating System All
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version 3.32.6
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
Undecided
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FS#2709 - Shortcut for 'Activate Layer of Entity'
Hi Dev Team,
Requesting a keyboard shortcut for the ‘Activate Layer of Entity’ option in right-click menu of entity.
Implementation:
1. Entity is selected: keyboard shortcut will activate layer of that entity.
2. No Entity is selected: keyboard shortcut will activate layer of entity that is clicked next.
3. Multiple entities are selected: error message “multiple entities selected, please select a single entity”.
Thankyou for all the hard work on a great piece of software.
Kind Regards, Daniel
Screenshot 2026-03-09 133914....
Hi,
Should be implemented already ... Kinda
Try an R-Click near a drawing entity.
Then select 'Activate Layer of entity' from the context menu.
- Basically a 'blank' guiAction created on the fly in .../scripts/Pro/Widgets/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.js
- Nothing more fancy than: di.setCurrentLayer(entity.getLayerId());
- The context menu never acts on selected only
- Does not diversify between stacked entities
- ALT+L-click does not mix with an R-click for the Context Menu
- Re-activates the current active layer on indicating an entity on the current active layer, is considered as a document change, is action in undo stack
- When any of the parents layers are collapsed they are not expanded
- Expanding a presumed parent is activating it, losing the intended focus
- When collapsed it is practically impossible to see which sub-layer was activated
- All main level parents may be collapsed on reloading a drawing
- Deeper levels only may retain their expanded/collapsed state
- Retaining their expanded/collapsed state seems to depend on the QCAD version used to create them.
Another option would be my Add-On tool 'ActivateLayerFromSelection'.
This would at least expand the parent layer and attempt to scroll the Layer List.
Halfway down the list would be a better option but I didn't find a solution for that.
(Due to unsupported Qt5/6 methods)
QCAD Pro or CE
Keyboard shortcut: 'YG'
Option 1 diversifies between current or new to activate on a single selection
Option 2 or a future selection is not supported
Option 3 diversifies between current, new or ambiguous selection
Reports action on Command History
Search the (new) forum on the Add-On name as keyword if that is possible.
It is made impossible for me to help you any further with this.
Regards,
CVH